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A developer built Sift (Source Inspection & Fact-checking Tool), an open-source multi-agent AI pipeline that extracts factual claims from text, retrieves grounded evidence, and returns auditable verdicts of TRUE, FALSE, …
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical on artificial intelligence, addressing the ethical and human implications of the technology 135 years after Pope Leo XIII's "Rerum Novarum" confronted the industrial revolution.…
Large language models reset context with every new conversation, forcing developers to repeatedly re-explain preferences, codebases, and project constraints. Persistent context windows, retrieval-augmented memory, and st…
In the new AI software development lifecycle, quality assurance has shifted from testing finished applications to quality engineering across the entire process, requiring involvement before any code exists. QA now influe…
Xania Monet, an artificial intelligence music project created by Mississippi-based songwriter Telisha "Nikki" Jones, became the first AI-generated artist to enter a radio airplay chart when its song "How Was I Supposed t…
A new video titled "The Authorization Paradox: Who Has the Keys to Your AI?" examines the growing conflict over control of artificial intelligence systems, highlighting that no clear authority currently governs who can g…
Anthropic, the AI safety company behind Claude, refused contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense for autonomous weapons and citizen surveillance applications in 2023. The decision was a direct result of the company'…
Several leading AI executives have publicly softened earlier warnings that artificial intelligence would cause mass unemployment. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called the narrative linking AI to job loss "just too lazy," while…
A Hacker News user questioned the purpose of career and life planning, arguing that artificial intelligence will surpass human capabilities in all domains within one to three years. The user suggested that only extreme h…
A federal judge in San Francisco ordered law firm Quinn Emanuel to pay $3 million to Palo Alto biotech company Guardant Health, plus a $100,000 punitive fine, for misconduct by four of its Silicon Valley partners. Judge …
A developer has created three free, ad-free Wikipedia-based search tools as alternatives to Google's AI-powered search results. The tools include MiniGladys for quick reference and official link searches, and Wikipedia S…
Anthropic published an updated "Constitution" for its Claude AI model, moving beyond simple behavioral rules to include explanations of the underlying reasoning behind each principle. The company aims to create AI system…
A pre-post time-motion study of a domain-specific AI speech assistant used by nurses in German long-term care found substantial reductions in self-reported documentation time and increased satisfaction with the documenta…
A qualitative interview study published in a medical journal examined how artificial intelligence affects patient-centered care, identifying macro-, meso-, and micro-level factors that either rehumanize or dehumanize hea…
Organisations require human reviewers to check generative AI outputs for legal and reputational reasons, but those reviewers face high volume, time pressure and complex judgement calls as GenAI deployment increases. Two …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged at a conference hosted by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia that his previous warnings about AI causing mass job loss were incorrect, saying he is "delighted to be wrong" about the imp…
A developer in Indiana deployed an AI agent named Tuck on a low-powered server and within 47 days the agent mapped his entire homelab, orchestrated a crew of nine sub-agents, and shipped multiple software projects. The a…
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar used the term "backstop" at a November 2025 Wall Street Journal event while discussing financing for chip and data center commitments, prompting CEO Sam Altman and Friar to issue clarifying stateme…
Senator Elizabeth Warren proposed a new excise tax on energy consumption by AI companies and large data centers to fund worker protections, universal health care, and education. The Massachusetts Democrat named billionai…
OpenAI announced plans Wednesday to safeguard the 2026 midterm elections from AI-powered interference, including deepfakes and disinformation, by providing cybersecurity tools and election data to officials. The company …